[llvm-commits] Patch to allow llvm.gcroot to work with non-pointer allocas.

[Talin]

Duncan Sands <baldrick at ...> writes:

> is this really needed?  In this situation, can't you just declare two allocas:
> your struct alloca, and a pointer alloca that contains the address of the 
struct
> alloca.  You then pass the pointer alloca as the gc root.

Yes, that has been suggested before. It's clumsy and inefficient IMHO.

-- Talin